The Europa Mission

Description
A feat of mankind's ingenuity in the face of adversity, the Europa mission was a global collaborative effort to sustain the human race by finding hospitable planets following the depletion of earth’s natural resources. The Europa Mission brought together most of Earth's finest doctors, scientists, and engineers with the unified goal of survival and discovery. The gigantic ship was built with the capacity to effectively transport 5 billion people (roughly 3/4ths of the population at the time) for the purpose of finding new life. The ship and its inhabitants left in December of 2189, and have been travelling throughout space ever since. Despite their long journey, they have installed several smaller bases along their journey that act as relay points and can communicate with hot-spots that have remained on Earth. Their current whereabouts are untraceable to GPS technology, only because of the intricacy of the communications.

Legacy
Re-establishing connection with the GPS in 2390; their advanced technological advances were then beamed back to Earth to be appropriated and redesigned within the GPS. This has led to huge technological strides over the past four decades of Shenue's development.